Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

I wasn’t surprised to receive a copy from Mario Morino, the visionary behind the Leap Ambassadors Community and author of an influential book on the topic, Leap of Reason with a note mentioning that one of the authors, Meehan, is a long-time esteemed colleague and mentor. In other words, creating a strategic plan.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 27, 2021

For top executives looking to mentor future leaders and collaborate with people who share their goals, nonprofits offer a unique structure that often flattens the hierarchy. Change the metrics of success. Ebert combines her MNLM degree with a background in journalism and political work to affect change in modern public policy issues.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 26, 2021

Do you have a manager, supervisor, or mentor who is teaching you how to fundraise and supporting you along the way? Are you determined to grow, change and become a better version of you? Here are some questions to ask yourself when evaluating your options: Do I aspire to be more like them? A coach is a great idea.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Lack of support and mentorship A bit like building a social network, individuals from underserved communities may lack access to supportive mentors who can help guide them and provide advice on how to succeed in their chosen fields. Mentorship is in many ways a mindset, and one which those from BIPOC communities are not regularly exposed to.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Volunteers provide nonprofits with the on-the-ground support they need to further their missions, whether that means helping to build homes, providing meals for food-insecure families, mentoring local youths, or cleaning up trash at local parks. Evaluate your volunteer program. Evaluate your volunteer program. Train volunteers.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Millennials are often referred to as the “job hopping generation” due to their tendency to change jobs more frequently than previous generations. Leaders should evaluate work schedules as a tool to improve retention among millennials. Leaders should evaluate what programs are feasible that promote health and wellness.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This is not only beneficial to mentees; it’s also rewarding for mentors. Feedback & Evaluation Benefits Don’t be confused: We’re not saying that you should offer to evaluate your members for free. The key will be demonstrating to members how their feedback has led to real changes and improvements. Let’s get at it!

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

It’s your north star, your guiding principle, and your roadmap to changing the world. Two Signs Your Mission Statement Needs to Be Updated Experts recommend re-evaluating your mission statement every three years. If your organization changes its scope, you need to adapt your messaging. Have you had any major changes in funding?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Some of these factors are environmental and out of your control: the economy, politics, changes in leadership, and pandemics. Successful organizations create a quantifiable performance evaluation using fundraising software to identify the top 3–4 metrics. Senior officers can help mentor new staff.

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Consider areas the study indicates are strengths for most organizations and evaluate your association’s performance. These changes over time in what members value most suggest an opportunity for your acquisition and retention efforts: to provide more targeted content and services to help members as they move through the member journey.

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VQ Strategies

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Even as initial plans had to change – such as the summer camp whose initial plans involved on-site volunteer service days – most teams engaged volunteers to do work virtually which required a level of autonomy beyond that of traditional in-person volunteering. Engage a mentor or an accountability partner to meet and share progress regularly.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Fortunately, there are many formal and informal changes you can implement into your organization’s structure to keep your employees motivated. We’ll go over how to evaluate your organization’s own strengths and weaknesses when it comes to employee engagement strategies later on. Tech stack. Why is employee engagement important?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2013

So much of it applies to those of us who work in the social change sector and have a deep sense of giving back. When you evaluate people, you look for potential, often seeing the best in others. I immediately ordered a copy and I’ve been reading and re-reading it.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Showing them you understand their interests and your association is keeping pace with their ever-changing expectations is a great way to start. Invite them to serve as a mentor, or even hold a leadership position. Like all of us, they’ve come to expect value, personalization, and convenience in just about everything they do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2013

Dan was the sole anonymous donor for the program, which brushed off my indignity and furnished me with a new laptop, a mentor, and monthly checks for books, food and travel. The pursuit of social change is far bigger than any one of us. When I graduated, I was shocked to find out that Dan had forgiven all my school loans.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Yesterday, KD Paine and I delivered an NTEN Webinar on measurement based on the ideas in our new book ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World.” They are teaching digital measurement best practices by connecting great causes with experienced mentors and motivated students.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

They are teaching digital measurement best practices by connecting great causes with experienced mentors and motivated students. The team works on a practical project that take less than four weeks to complete.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 4, 2013

I got my first real job in a museum (at the Guggenheim) after a life-changing internship. My whole career path has been positively changed by that one internship experience. Making small changes and offering some kind of basic compensation for interns in the arts would benefit us all. I have taken a firm stand. Absolutely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2010

Those of us who have planned, executed and evaluated these types of contests for good on behalf of major brands have done so with the best intentions and not to “cause wash” — i.e., buy good brand karma under the guise of philanthropy. Just evaluating all the submissions can take many, many people hours.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

End-users ask, “can we make changes to the ‘out of the box’ software to meet specific needs?” Complex configurations or business process changes that still use the standard software. Changes to the underlying product that can only be made by the vendor. ” The answer is typically “yes.”

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Qgiv

JANUARY 13, 2022

Whether you’re a brand-new nonprofit looking to recruit your very first volunteers or are a seasoned pro, it’s important to first evaluate and assess your volunteer needs and to do so frequently. Life happens and circumstances are always changing, but the sooner you can identify any potential red flags, the better it is for everyone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

My sessions were integrated into the various leadership, visioning process for women’s rights, curriculum development, and evaluation methods modules throughout the week as networked and social media skills were not the main focus. Documentation of the Visioning Process. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

In this resource-strapped environment, it's arguable that not considering open source options seriously when evaluating your software toolbox is a disservice to your organization, board, constituents, and clients. . Identify or recruit some open-source mentors and build this skill set in your organization if it's not already there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2015

They are passionate about your organization and social change, and will talk about it to anyone who will listen. They can also help with feedback on training materials and gaps, mentor and coach employees who are brand new to social media with getting started, or answer questions on the intranet or internal communications channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

How do we leverage the “rain” of culture change?3. The next step in the process was for participants to evaluate some of the ideas using a 2×2 called the importance/difficulty grid. New power and old power leaders would have opportunities to learn from and mentor each other. Of course, there were some prizes involved!).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). So, decide today to secure a mentor who will work with you during 2011.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). A mentor always exercises the power of suggestion. They pose alternatives.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Rating someone based on a short time period instead of the entire evaluation period 8.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 25, 2017

I often get asked questions about how a nonprofit’s website should look and behave and what benchmarking or evaluation tips I might have. So, unless you’re going to be making changes and running tests to see how those behaviors change, it’s only part of the picture. Devices like Alexa have changed the way people shop.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 17, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Tuesday, August 17, 2010 Know When To Change Your Decision Leaders make decisions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2021

Successful leaders : Teach, coach, mentor, and inspire. Finally, Temte devotes an insightful section in his book on organizational trust and returning to the office after COVID-19 , by offering advice for how to do so strategically, compassionately and by changing how we think about a new norm. Create and communicate clarity.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

Successful leaders : Teach, coach, mentor, and inspire. Finally, Temte devotes an insightful section in his book on organizational trust and returning to the office after COVID-19 , by offering advice for how to do so strategically, compassionately and by changing how we think about a new norm. Create and communicate clarity.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2016

These frustrations are causing barriers to entry for first-time voters, senior voters who’ve had their polling places change year to year, new Philadelphians, recent immigrants and more. We hired a research team from the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School of Communication to design the evaluation metrics for the project.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

He’s now one of my mentors, advisors, and dear friends. The leadership changed. The goals changed. So it’s not just what’s your baseline, but it’s also, how do you hope to actually change the world in a grand way? . We’re trying to impact change. So what we’re doing is offering.

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sgEngage

APRIL 14, 2022

Justice Department froze federal grant funding to a nonprofit after an audit revealed that they couldn’t account for nearly $20 million dollars of federal funds that were drawn by the organization for mentoring youth. But they need to be reviewed regularly to account for changes in processes and focus. How about it?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Leaders often ignore the fact that personal progress is one of our strongest human desires.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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